Search Engine Optimization Tips (part 1)

Written by Jimmy Whisenhunt


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e)Javascript for Navigation Search engines cannot follow links written in Javascript. If Javascript navigation is all you have on your site, you are in trouble. The solution is to add a HTML navigation menu some where onrepparttar home page and to add a site map ofrepparttar 127774 entire site to make surerepparttar 127775 spiders index your site completely.

2)Selectingrepparttar 127776 Correct Keywords The first step inrepparttar 127777 optimization process is selecting to correct keywords for your targeted market. The keywords step isrepparttar 127778 most important step inrepparttar 127779 optimization process because your will use them throughoutrepparttar 127780 entire optimization process. It is also how other people will find you onrepparttar 127781 search engines. Optimize forrepparttar 127782 wrong keywords and all your efforts will be wasted. The first thing you want to do if write down on a piece of paper whatrepparttar 127783 theme of your site is. For instance your site is about golf. You would write down 10 keywords or phrases about golf. Think specific keyword phrases not keywords. Why? Because keyword competition is so extreme for general terms such as golf. You would need to be more specific golf clubs, golf shoes, golf courses, golf equipment, etc. to rank well inrepparttar 127784 search engines than for a more general term. Then you would need to use a tool like Word Tracker to see if that is a well searched for phrase. Get outside opinions ask family members and friends what they would search for making a note of them. Then go back to Word Tracker and checkrepparttar 127785 new key phrases addingrepparttar 127786 best ones to your keyword list. Also check out your competition for ideas. Do a search on a search engine and check out some ofrepparttar 127787 sites. Viewrepparttar 127788 source HTML ofrepparttar 127789 page and look atrepparttar 127790 meta tags. This should give you some more ideas. Only use keyword that relate to your site . You should develop a list of keyword phrases for each page that you optimize forrepparttar 127791 search engines.

3)The Title Tag Without a questionrepparttar 127792 title tag isrepparttar 127793 most important process of optimizing your web page. I can’t stress enough how important this tag is. This is because most search engines & directories place a high level of importance on keywords that are found in your title tag. We recommend using 1-2 of your keywords inrepparttar 127794 title nearrepparttar 127795 front. Do not use just keyword inrepparttar 127796 title search engine may blacklist your is. Make your title enticing! The title tag is what most search engines show in there search engine results page (SERP) asrepparttar 127797 clickable link. Each page in your site should have its own title with its own keywords.

The Format: Your optimized title tag goes here Where to place it: The correct place to placerepparttar 127798 title tag is betweenrepparttar 127799 tag. It should berepparttar 127800 first tag after . Tag length: We recommend that your title tag be between 50-80 characters long - including spaces! Staying at about 60 characters will be optimum.

Inrepparttar 127801 next article we will go over Your Page Copy, Meta Tags, Images “alt” tags and what you should not do.

Jimmy Whisenhunt is the webmaster at Article Zone. Article Zone is a new web site for free articles that you can use on your web site or in your newsletter. http://articlezone.vipenterprises.org


The Changing Face of Search Engine Optimization

Written by Bobby Heard


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MSN seems to be creating a buzz and they’ve just recently started a national television ad campaign. Their search results resemble Google’s of 6 months ago, a time that will go down in SEO history as “the good old days”, and also a time that Google’s SERPs seemed a lot more relevant than they do today. New search engines seem to be popping up all overrepparttar place, and after all, wasn’t Google a virtual unknown 5 years ago?

One ofrepparttar 127773 best points made to me overrepparttar 127774 past month came atrepparttar 127775 preview ofrepparttar 127776 new become.com search engine in California, where founder Michael Yang decreed this to be onlyrepparttar 127777 very beginning inrepparttar 127778 history of online search. Whatever happens in Google’s future, andrepparttar 127779 future of online search, there is one thing for certain: onlyrepparttar 127780 most intelligent and innovative of SEO companies are going to stay aboverepparttar 127781 bar and continue to find ways to get their clients, and themselves, torepparttar 127782 top.

Bobby Heard (bheard@abalone.ca) is the Vice-President of Abalone Designs (http://www.abalone.ca), which offers great SEO results at affordable prices.


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